Automobile direction signal



,503,806 F. L. ROSE AUTOMOBILE DIRECTION SIGNAL Filed Sept. 24 1923 Juli?? 1 Patented Aug. 5, 1924.

PATENT linnn L. ROSE, or CONCORD, CAL/Inonivln.

AUToiiroeiLE DIRECTIO SIGNAL.

Toall'wfwm t may concern.' y

Beit known that I, F'Rnn L. Rose, a citizen' of l"the United States, residing at4 Concord, in the county of Contra Costa Vand State of California, have invented ertain new and 'usefulV Improvements in Anton-roe bile Direction Signals, of which the folliowing is a specification, reference being had to they accompanying dra'ivings.

This invention relates to automobile di- ITe-ction ysignals iand has 'foi' a particular 'object thereof-the provision ofI a device including a vrotatable pointer which by operation thereof will indicate the intention 'of the driver to turn in the direction of such turnY or his intention vto stop. y

A further object-,of Vthe invention is to provide a device of this character, the pointer of which is normally horizontal and which pointer remainshorizontal during indication of direction, butwhich is 'operable to cause-"the pointer to assume an inclined vposition to 'indicate the `ii'itention of the driver to stop. y

A further object of the invention is to .provide a device of this character which is very simple in its construction and opera'- tion, which will be very `'readily applied t0 the vehicle and'fwlii'ch Ywill be d lil'fable' and eiuoient inservice.V c z These and other objects ,I attain by the construction vshown .rin the accompanying drawings wherein 'for the purpose ff illu`strationris shown a preferred embodiment .0f-only invention and wherein?" Figure `1 is a fragmentary 'Vieh/showing signaling apparatus constructed in Vaceojr'd- Vance with my invention applied to a vehicle, the vehicle being indicated in. dottedVv lines; Figure 2 is a` vertical sectional view throughv the signal, partsfbei'ngV shown in elevation; Y l

Figure?) isa side elevation, partslbeing broken away, showing the angular ,position of the signal; y

Figure t is a fragmentary side elevation of the tube showing the Construction of the slot; and 1 Y Q A Figure 5 is a section on the line v 5-'5 ofV Figure 2.

' Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 10 indicates a tubular support having adjacent it-s lower end a lange 11 and having its lower end below 66 the flange threaded, as indicated at V12.

Mounted upon thethreaded portion below the fender is a plate 13 which may be secured to the fender-Hange 14 by means of ears 13a to -holdthesupport 10 in desired position. The support 10 has rotatably and vertically shiftable mounted therein a vshaft 15, the upper end of which is slotted. Into the slot of the shaft extends a flange 16 formed upon an indicator 'bar 17 and extending longitudinally of such bar. The upper end of this iange -is of a width approximately equal to the internal diameter of the tubular support 1() and from such upper en'di'the lang'e decreases in width downwardly. Adjacent its lower end a pivot 18 extends through the `flange and the shaft to pivotally connect the same.

The indicator tubel is provided upon one end thereof with an arrow head 19 and at the Vopposite end `with a furcated extension 2O represen-ting the feathering of an arrow. Y The flange -16 is secured to the tube so that when supported by the pivot 18 thereof the arrow head end of the tube is the heavier and will drop downwardly by gravity. Accordingly, if the shaft be simply rotated the engagement of the upper end of the tubular support with the direction tube 17 will cause the signal to remain in horizontal position. If, however, the shaft 1"5' be `elevated 'so that the tubular support -10 is removed from the indicating'bar 17 this bar will tilt with the arrowT end thereof pointing downwardly. The tubular support 10 is provided in the" wall thereof with a horizontaljslot21 extending through approximately 180. At l'one end the slot is provided with an upwardly angling lextension 22. In the slot operates a pinA 23 secured to the shaft 15. As long as this pin remains in the slot Vv21'the indicator bar 17 is vengaged bythe upper end of the supportJ 10 and .accordinglyl held horizontal. When the pin23 is engaged in the extension 22 the shaft 15 is elevated and the support of the support 10 accordingly removed from thevba'r yso that't'h'e inclination thereof occurs. v

It will be obvious that -if suitable means are provided Vforfrotatin'g the shaft 15 the saine may be vengaged in either the slots 21` or 22 and accordingly the positionV determined. By stopping the indicator at one end of the slot 21 a right turn is indicated, at an intermediate point straight ahead is indicated, at the opposite end of the slot 21 a left7 turn is indicated, and in the slot 22 a stop is indicated.- In the present instance this means for rotating the shaft 15 is disclosed as a bevel gear 24 splined yto the lower end of the shaft 15 which projects be low the lower surface of the plate 14. Thev dial 29 having indicia 30 indicating'positions of the indicator bar 17.

The lower end of the vhousing formed by the flange is closed by a plate 31. Through this plate extends a lead wire 32 which passes upwardly through a groove 38 extending longitudinally of the shaft. The indicator bar 17 is tubular and has mounted in opposite ends thereof illuminating elements 34 and 35 for the point 19 and tail structure 2() of the arrow. The upperend of the pointer 32 is connected with a ypointer extending through this'tube and engages at its opposite ends with the contacts of the illuminating elements 34 and 35. From the foregoing it is believed to be obvious that the-simple structure hereinbefore set forth vis capable of giving all the indications which are necessary in signaling thev intentions of the driver of an automobile.Vv It will furthermore be ob-vious that vthe structurehereinbefore set forth is capable of some change and modification without in any manner departing from the spirit of my invention and I accordingly do not limit myself to such specific structure except as hereinafter claimed. p i

1."I`n va direction signal, a pivotally mounted unbalanced signal bar adaptedto be raised and lowered, a support upon which the bar rests when in loweredposi'tion to thereby maintain the bar in horizontal-position, and means forrotatingthe bar 1ncluding a part elevating the bar upon rotation thereof to a predetermined degree to thereby disengage the bar from the support and permit tilting thereof.

2. In a direction signal, a pivotally mounted unbalanced signal bar adapted to be raised and lowered, a support upon which Y determined the bar rests when in lowered position to thereby maintain theV bar in horizontal position, and means for rota-ting the bar including a shaft to-which the bar is pivoted and Vwhich lis rotatable and shiftable upon its longitudinal axis, and a connection between said bar'and support whereby rotation of the bar *to apredetermined point elevates the shaft tothe'reb'y' disengage the bar from the support and permit tilting thereof.

3. In a Vdirec-tion signal, aV pivotally mountedunbalanced signal bar adapted to be raised and lowered, a support upon which thel bar rests when in lowered.5 positionto thereby maintain'the bar in horizontal .position, and means for rotating the bar in'- cluding a shaft to'whi'ch the baris Vpivoted and which is rotatable and` shiftable upon its longitudinal axis'jandfaV connection'be- Vtween said bar and'is'up'port whereby rotation of the bar to a predetermined point elevates the shaftyto therebygdisengage the bar from the support and.permitftilting thereof, theV engagement between said support and shaft comprisingfapin carried by one thereof and operating in the horizontal slot formed in the otherthereof, the slot hav ing anV angular extension atone end thereof.

4. In a direct-ionV signal, an pivotally be raised and lowered, a'suppjort upon which the bar rests. when in lowered position to thereby maintain the bar `in horizontal position, and means for rotating the bar including a shaft to which'fthe bar is pivoted and which is rotatable and'shiftable upon its longitudinal Vaxi`s,`and a connection Abetweensaid bar and'support whereby rota tion of the bar to a predetermined point elevates the shaft. to thereby disengage the bar from the `support Yand permit `tilting thereof, the engagement between saidv support and shaftA comprising aV pinl carriedfby one thereof and operating in` thehorizontal slot formed in the other thereof, the slot having 5. In a directionslgnal, rotatable and longitudinally shiftable support, means for Vrotating the support', means whereby said longitudinally shifted upon al prerotation thereof, a signal'pivoterll thereto and support is upon the support atan angle rotating angle of the signal to the support is altered when the support is,Y longitudinally shifted.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. f

FRED n sosia.

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